commuters. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: good morning. that tree is gone but the road is still blocked off. obviously, a problem as the morning commute gets under way. this is in the 3800 block of canal road near fox hall road. the road is behind me. it's hard to see the area from where we're standing. it's hard to see anything out here this morning. it's very dark. making the roads pretty dangerous out here. it's dark, raining and a lot of leaves and branches. especially if you take the rural back roads. when i was driving in, it was hard to see the lane markings as i was driving. as you're headed out, be sure to go slowly and be careful. back to you. >> aimee cho live in upper northwest d.c., thank you. justin finch is live on the road for us this morning. >> he's looking at some of the spots you need to watch out for because of the weather. looks pretty windy.

>> reporter: hey there, eun, aaron. you're right. it's pretty gusty. in the 4 by 4, on canal road. earlier, you came down arizona avenue, nebraska avenue, what you'll find are slick spots and areas, lots of debris in the road, talking about weeds and branches at some point, also reports of downed wires, we're heading out in loudon county. you also want to steer clear of that. expect roadblocks. with this wind out here, also issues with continued debris falling down. as of right now, the rain is tapering off, the roads here are still tricky, we're keeping an eye on them all morning. we'll tell you where to look out for potential problems in your travel this morning. back in to you. >> justin, thank you. we'll check in with him throughout the day to keep you posted. >> this weather alert day will be a lot of problems this morning. a lot of power outages

>> angie goff is breaking down the numbers. >> reports of downed trees and power lines, that's what you'll see. if you're in the dark this morning or your lights go out, you can use your app and phone to get the news this morning. we stream it live. take a look at the numbers we have. we just updated them. the worst areas appear to be fair fax, loudon counties. including more than 4,000 in fairfax county. novak just more than a thousand in loudoun alone. we have more north and east of here. pepco reporting just under 400 people without power this morning. and finally there's meck owe around 400 as well. we'll keep checking on the numbers and break in with updates throughout the morning. back to you, aaron. >> angie goff for us at the live desk. thank you. we turn

in special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. >> we expect the first charges. while the white house hasn't directly commented on today's expected indictments, president trump took to twitter yesterday to vent broadly about the investigation. he blamed democrats for, witch hunt for evil politics. meanwhile, speculation has been in overdrive with prominent politicians left in the dark about what's going to happen. >> we haven't been informed of who it is and it wouldn't be auto appropriate for bob mueller to tell us. >> grand jury secrecy is important to the effectiveness of a grand jury investigation. >> at this point we still don't know who has been targeted and for what kind of alleged crime. among those under scrutiny, foreign lobbying work done by chairman paul manafort and former national security adviser michael flynn. both denied any wrongdoing. coming up on

no time for a young woman to react to the boy who jumped on to her suv from a highway overpass. this morning we're learning more about that woman. marisa harris graduated from toeson university. on saturday, she and her boyfriend were driving down i-66 when a 12-year-old jumped off of a cedar lane overpass. the boyfriend steered the suv off of the road. harris died instantly. the boy is in the hospital with critical injuries. today marks -- the former head of security in rockville will be sentenced. he pled guilty to a count of sexual abuse at a hearing last month. i don't know sews befriended a student and bought her a cell phone to text with her during and after school hours.

that was almost straight. did you see that that. >> stop. redskins waking up under a storm cloud. not only did the 'skins lose to the hated rivals, the cowboys in landover, now they have a whole bunch of injuries before next week. >> painful all around. they started with a lead in that game. i was there for that watching. carol maloney shows us how the lead slipped away. >> it was raining, it was pouring and well, there was not enough scoring. man did the redskins have more than their share of injuries. burgundy and gold fall to the rival cowboys. it was a game of missing players and miss opportunities. late first half, a blocked field goal returned nearly the length of the field. instead of a nine-point

redskins trailing 14-13 at the half. second half, one final half. kirk cousins pass deflected, intercept and returned for a touchdown. redskins fall to 3-4 with a 33-19 loss. >> hit the reset button. today just, man, we wanted that one. really wanted that one. just came up short. >> up next, the seahawks in seattle. they're known for their 12th man. the redskins will be lucky to have enough men. at fedex field, carol maloney, sports. >> really. on to the next game. the nationals answer their number one off-season question. the next manager is, dave martinez. the nats signed him for the next three years. martinez spent the last few years as the chicago cubs bench coach. he won the world series with the cubs last year. big deal for him. >> of course, t

year. they're hoping he can bring that mojo to the nationals. >> i'm going to miss dusty baker. he was special. >> nice to have him in the clubhouse. it's 4:37. let's get another check on weather and traffic. >> we're going to get to melissa and a look at the wet roads in a second. let's start with the meteorologist who we can blame for the -- >> the meteorologist who you can credit for telling you days ago that it would be just like this now. >> you'll be saying thank you for clearing everything up. >> i'm ready to let the thank yous in. >> you can write your thank you notes now. >> this was a huge mess yesterday late in the day. we had a few areas of low pressure developing. there you see this big storm system. whenever we have low pressure developing along the cold front, it really slows it down. we still have light rain in washington. most of it near annapolis. aside from

outside. wind advisory until 10:00 a.m. expect the gusts up to 50 miles an hour. what to expect in the afternoon, but it's traffic time, melissa mollet. how do the roads look? >> quite wet across the area. depending where you are. a little better, perhaps a little worse. right now as aimee cho told us, we have this closure in northwest. canal road shut down between fox hall and reservoir because of the earlier downed tree. the tree is down but we have the closure. ashburn, ryan road at evergreen road. ryan road shut down until 7:00 this morning. bay bridge has reopened. that's great news there. 95 at prince william parkway. you can see how wet it is. all right. melissa, thank you. it's the video that shows how fast crooks can get in and out. what

smash and grab you have to see. she smiled for a picture at howard university's homecoming. the next thing she knew it went viral and she's probably happy it did. how one picture

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18 to 20 seconds is all the time is took for this smash and grab. it happened in colony, new york. this person seems like a pro. the person breaks down the door with what looks like a crowbar and opening display cases and calmly picking out handguns from the case. >> in all, they got away with at least five guns. >> 18 to 20 seconds. goes by like that. this morning a college student's dream of modeling may become a reality because of instagram photos. exasperated that instagram gets the credit. there's so many out there. howard university's homecoming yard fest is where it happened. >> he was snapping pictures of stylish outfits at yard fest last week when he snapped photos of this young woman. take a look. i mean, she's stunning, obviously. this is a

university. the biochemistry student says modeling has been her dream. >> she's already heard from three modeling agencies at this point. >> i've seen other pictures. she's gorgeous. the camera loves her. she's smart too, biochemistry. she has a bright future. >> 4:43 right now. a chilly 46 degrees outside our studios. that driving rain isn't helping anything, sheena. >> this is a really nasty morning honestly. especially if you commute very early. because we have some branches down in the road. it is very windy out there. take a look at your wake-up weather. we'll be seeing improving conditions. but it will be gusty. we'll take a closer look at the forecast coming up in a bit through the day. sheena, thank you. 4:43. now all eyes are on the district as robert mueller's office gets ready to issue its first indictments. who

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gofr good morning. it's wet and windy out there. we're seeing big improvements if you're west of the district. still much of the rain in maryland. 267 west in res ton. this is storm team 4 by 4. wet roads. take your time. keep your distance, too. we'll have a close look as we walk you through the day, coming up. developing this morning, we are expecting to find out today who will be charged in special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. >> his office is expected to make public the first charges in this case. among those under scrutiny, former trump campaign chairman paul manafort and former national security adviser general michael flynn. news 4's tracie potts isve

tracie, we heard these names before. we know they've been a focus. could they be charged? might it be completely somebody under the radar? >> we don't know. they could be targets under investigation. >> man fort's home, his virginia home was raided back in july. an unannounced raid to him. certainly, there has been scrutiny of those too. could there be smaller fish? that's what some attorneys are speculating. or they could be going after people who were uncooperative. calling their bluff to get them to cooperate. or they could be casting a wide net. we could see more than one indictment to see who talks first. we don't know who the indictments are for, we don't know what the indictments are for or what the charges are.

sense of where the investigation is headed and it will probably give lawmakers -- for the separate investigations happening here on the hill. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. we'll have to see whose names come out of that investigation. thank you, tracie. 12 minutes before the hour. president trump's approval rating dropped to a new low. the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll shows the president's approval rating now at 38%. down five points since last month. 58% of reresponsibility ents disapprove -- the approval rating of 38% is the lowest in modern times for a president at this stage of the presidency. there's during to decision 2017, florida senator marco rubio -- there's al rally in sterling. former attorney general eric holder and camilla harris spent

weekend supporting ralph northam. voters will head to the polls on november 7th. well, if you can't make it to the polls next week in virginia, you will need to vote absentee. to have a ballot mailed to you, you must request it by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. to vote absentee in person, you have to do it by next saturday. you might need to show why you can't vote on tuesday. but there are more than a dozen reasons. due to illness, work or religious obligations. three children, including an infant in temple hills. yesterday morning the home caught fire. a woman called 9-1-1 to say children were trapped inside. the firefighters were able to revive. the kids and the 17-year-old were taken to the hospital in serious condition. four others were able to escape the home. fire crews say the flames started in the kitchen. a husband in northern virginia now being called a person of interest in his wife's death. loudoun county sheriff's offi

says on saturday morning, the man called a family member to watch his children. when a relative went to the home, you can see on the map here, the woman was found dead. shortly after that, president husband was sent to the hospital after a serious head-on crash. another driver was critically hurt. they've not released the names of anyone hurt here. a church in alexandria is relocating two plaques that honor washington and robert e. lee. leaders of christ church say they may create an obstacle to an identity as a welcoming church. according to the "washington post," they have been discussed for years but took on added urgency after the events in charlottesville. they will decide on a new location. d.c. could score an olympic-style sporting event. the district is one of three finalists for the 11th gay games. the winner will be

they include 15,000 athletes competing in ice hockey to roller derby. they will take place in 2022 they have hosted the pope's visit, they have security ready. the mayor is in paris -- that's the games now. making the games for d.c. we are getting you ready for halloween. plan to take the kids trick-or-treating in d.c. take a look at the list. economists at zillow crunched the numbers and the best trick-or-treating cities. d.c. is in 8th place. not bad. last year was 20th. in a year, we did better on the candy trend. top spot, san francisco followed by san jose, philadelphia, long beach, still places where homes are close together and there are plenty of kids under the age of 10. that makes sense. a lot of families moving back into d.c., raising children. >lo

georgetown. i was surprised how many spooky cobwebs and things were out. >> it's too scary. i don't want to approach. >> as long as there are no clowns. no crazy clowns. >> i grew up in maryland, calverton. there was a woman who looked like a witch, it took all the courage i could muster. i'll never forget her. never forget her. >> we've got scary weather. trees coming down and leaves and branches. on canal road in northwest washington. take it easy this morning as you drive around. the police are on scene at this particular one. but there could be branches around on your drive into work this morning. use extreme caution. lower your speeds. watch out. the wind and the rain brought a lot of leaves down. the leaves, when they're wet like this. they can be very slippery. storm team 4 radar showing a lot of rain moving basically out of our immediate area. still wet out there. most of t

rain moved out of the area, the lower parts of eastern shore. this will come to an end. rain is already over west of skyline drive. there's, again, a lot of wet roads early this morning. keep that in mind. winter weather advisory will be allowed to expire. 4 to 6 inches of snow in western maryland and the high country of west virginia. temperaturewise, it's a little chilly this morning. in the mid-40s now. the winds continue to gust between 25 and 35. almost as much as 40 miles per hour. the rain ends quickly. but the wind and the chill hang around. temperatures today, back into the mid and upper 50s. tomorrow's high back up near 60 degrees. then trick-or-treater time. 5:00 tomorrow, mid-50s. dropping into the

9:00 tomorrow evening. there's the ten-day forecast. a light rain chance late in the day on webs. how about a big fat 73 on friday. this is the weekend. saturday night before you go to bed, set your clocks back one hour melissa mollet and change the battery in your smoke detector. >> i have it on my calendar talking about it last week. inbound after stanton road, one lane getting by. a disabled vehicle. 301 because of a downed tree and debris, one northbound lane of the ramp from 301 to 214 in upper marlboro is shut down. 66 at 123, you can see how wet it is across the area this morning. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway looking pretty good. remember what we showed you that live picture, still shut down there. even though the downed tree is out of the way. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. it's not the news you want to hear about your son or daughter's teacher. the new survey that shows teachers are

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educators surveyed says their mental health was not good. some of that stress is coming from budget cuts, school bullying and even politics. the study also found that one in five teachers gets eight or more hours of sleep a night. not getting enough sleep. an alert without -- the national highway traffic safety administration is launching a pilot program that will notify drivers in maryland to any open recalls when they register their vehicles. congress gave the agency authority to plunge -- maryland was the only state to apply. it's also that time of year again, holiday shopping we're talking about here. and people are planning to spend more this year apparently according to a survey conducted by the national retail federation. people will spend just over $967. that's up 3.5% from what people said they would sp

history online is the most popular shopping destination this year. 59% said they will finish their gift list on the internet. this week, you can enroll for coverage through the affordable care act. but many people are confused about when and how they can get insurance coverage. that's because president trump and congressional republicans have vowed to repeal it. that hasn't happened yet. but the enrollment period has been cut to 45 days and there is an effort to let people know. >> reiterate that this is still the law of the land. make the best of it now. >> open enrollment runs november 1st through december 15th. "news4 today" starts now. right now on "news4 today," a storm team 4 weather alert. storms still drenching the d.c. area. >> roads closed and

leaving others with team coverage with a look near your home. good morning everybody. it is 5:00 a.m. now. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. we're working for you as we head out on this rainy monday morning. we're dealing with a lot of issues on the roads for sure. >> lots of slippery wet leaves as well. lot of leaves and the wind is going to be -- >> pulling your hair all over the place. >> the rain is leaving but the wind will stick with us. the wind advisories before you step out. keep in mind the wind is helping to bring in cooler temperatures too throughout the day today. here's a live look at the radar. this is a bigger storm system developing across much of the northeast. it's leaving our area currently. but if you are still in maryland near annapolis, that's where we have heavy rain across the bay bridge. that's going to continue to slide through the east. light rain. it's mostly in much of maryland, calvert county, prince george's county. here's the wind advisory. pretty much everybody except if you're in parts of southern